King Charles has used his annual TV message to give personal thanks to the medical staff who have cared for him this year. Charles announced his cancer diagnosis in February, the same time as his daughter-in-law Kate shared she was having abdominal surgery.

King Charles III is expected to use his annual Christmas message to highlight health workers, at the end of a year in which both he and the Princess of Wales were diagnosed with cancer.

The British monarch recorded his annual holiday address from the chapel of a former hospital, rather than from a palace.